Matt Ryan

Darrelle Revis trade: Did the Bucs or Jets get the better deal?

2013-04-23 07:57:00

Star cornerback Darrelle Revis was traded from the New York Jets to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last weekend for the 13th overall pick in this week's draft and a conditional fourth-round pick next year. Revis has been rehabbing the anterior cruciate...

San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons loaded with offensive weapons

2013-01-19 18:59:00

ATLANTA — Twenty years ago, Jerry Glanville, then the goofball coach of the Atlanta Falcons, concocted a way to get under the skin of the San Francisco 49ers. Seeing as his team the year before had swept the 49ers and Los Angeles Rams, along...

Should Joe Flacco get paid like an elite NFL quarterback?

2013-02-05 09:40:00

Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco just led the Ravens through the playoffs and to a Super Bowl victory, throwing for 11 touchdowns and no interceptions along the way. The Super Bowl MVP is set to be a free agent this off-season, and many are...

Seahawks DB Richard Sherman does more than talk the talk

2013-01-09 20:30:00

Is it any surprise that Richard Sherman graduated from Stanford with a degree in communications? Of the survivors in the NFL playoffs, there's no more watchable communicator than Sherman, the trash-talking, playmaking cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks...

Four NFL wild-card winners to face tough tests on the road

2013-01-06 20:40:00

LANDOVER, Md. -- Each of the four teams that emerged victorious from wild-card weekend — Houston, Green Bay, Baltimore and Seattle — ranked among the top 10 in scoring during the regular season. But in their first tests of the postseason, it...

By and bye, Adrian Peterson, others in NFL come tantalizingly close

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Two thousand steps forward. Two big steps back. On a Sunday when Minnesota's Adrian Peterson became the seventh NFL player to run for 2,000 yards — coming within nine of breaking Eric Dickerson's season rushing record — two teams backpedaled...

Tony Romo and RG3 face pressure to produce Sunday

2012-12-28 08:22:00

Cowboys veteran Tony Romo and Redskins rookie Robert Griffin III each will face a tremendous amount of pressure to produce Sunday in a regular-season finale whose winner will capture the NFC East Division title. If Dallas loses, it doesn't make the...

In the NFL playoffs, momentum turns out to be momentary

2013-01-13 20:10:00

SAN FRANCISCO — So much for momentum. Green Bay had it, having throttled Minnesota in the first round of the NFL playoffs. But the Packers were turned back by a San Francisco team that was two weeks removed from its worst loss of the season. The...

Live discussion: 'NFL Slam with Mark and Sam'

2013-01-18 11:18:00

In just two days, the slate will be set for Super Bowl XLVII, with either the Atlanta Falcons or San Francisco 49ers representing the NFC and the New England Patriots or Baltimore Ravens playing for the AFC. But why wait till then? Join host Mark...

Dire straits and narrow victories are the norm in NFL Week 11

2012-11-18 20:30:00

Just another ho-hum NFL Sunday. Houston beat Jacksonville. Atlanta beat Arizona. Dallas beat Cleveland. What else would you expect from three home teams favored by a combined 33 points? Now, please excuse those winning teams as they strap on...

Quarterback questions: Tony Romo, Matt Ryan have different issues

2012-11-03 11:10:00

The Dallas Cowboys play at Atlanta on Sunday in a game featuring a question-mark quarterback. Yes, he's shown flashes of excellence, but is he truly the player who can lift his franchise to greatness? Does success early in the season mean anything if he...

Change you can believe in? It's business as usual in the NFL

2012-10-15 00:00:00

The 49ers couldn't lose. The Browns couldn't win. The Vikings were the sleepers. The Jets were the snorers. In the ever-changing NFL, though, that was . . . so last week. Everything was turned on its head Sunday — or knocked on its backside, as...

It now seems like so long ago when the Ravens placed their faith in Joseph Vincent Flacco and selected the strong-armed quarterback out of Delaware in the 2008 NFL draft.

2013-02-03 00:00:00

(pictured) has played this way all year, there's no disputing that the quarterback has elevated his game significantly in the playoffs with eight touchdowns and no interceptions. Exhibiting a better pocket presence, he's found open receivers underneath and kept defenses honest by taking deep shots.

2013-02-01 09:43:25

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (2) and San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith converge on Ryan's fumble during the third quarter of their NFC Championship game at the Georgia Dome on Sunday in Atlanta, Ga.

2013-01-20 22:39:00